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The Danites
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The Danites: Joseph Smith's Mormon Paramilitary Group - John Turner Pt. 22 | Ep. 2084
Mormon Stories Podcast·Nov 14, 2025
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The creation of a violent paramilitary group like the Danites contradicts the teachings of the Book of Mormon against secret combinations.
“Like, why is Joseph creating or doing everything the Book of Mormon condemns? And I don't I I don't mean to be ungenerous here, but like it is super weird to have him authorizing the creation of what what has to be what has to qualify by Book of Mormon standards as a violent secret combination of a ”
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